Ellasandra Monet gets swept up into the world of F1 when she finally lands her dream job, but what happens when she comes across her dream guy, Charles Leclerc, who happens to be the number one driver of her rival team?
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"Yep, do you want a lift tomorrow?" Lando asks as he steps into the elevator. I respond with a nod.
"Goodnight, Lando" I say as the elevator doors slowly shut.
"Goodnight, Ell" He responds with a grin.
I sigh with relief as I hear the elevator go up, I quickly press the button for it to come down after he gets off.
"Ella!!!" Victoria shouts down the phone.
"Vic! I love you so much, you have no fucking idea" I reply as I step into the elevator.
"I love you too. But, girl have you seen all these pictures of you and Lando? They are everywhere!" Victoria says as she starts to send me screenshots of many tabloids.
"Lando and a mystery girl seen holding hands as they leave the Spanish Charity Ball. What the fuck!?" I exclaim as I read the headlines, as I make my way to my hotel room.
"Did something happen between you and Lando? Ella, what is this?" Victoria asks, you could hear the confusion and shock in her voice.
I open my door and turn to shut and lock the door, "We weren't holding hands like that. He was just helping me get to the car as quick as possible. That's it." I exclaim to Victoria as I turn the lights on.
And there Charles was sat on my bed, with his shirt slightly unbuttoned at the top and his tie undone around his neck. He looked tired.
I smile at him, after my shocked face goes. "I'm gonna go, Vic. But I'll call you tomorrow, okay?" I say to her, hanging up the phone.
"You scared me!" I shout to Charles as I walk over to him.
I sit down closely next to him and immediately he shifts away from me. "Sorry" Charles replies, not even looking at me, just looking down at the ground.
"Have I done something?" I ask him, gently putting my hand on his chin to force him to look at me.
"You tell me. Have you done something?" Charles asks, with a defeated face. I look at him confused, then he shows me his phone. The pictures of me and Lando and all the crazy headlines that accompany them.
"It's not what it looks like. You heard me on the phone. He just held my hand in the moment so we could get to his car as quick as possible" I explain, moving my hand off of Charles' face.
"Okay" Charles says, simply with no emotion.
"Okay? Do you not believe me?" I ask him, angrily.
I haven't done anything to break his trust, nothing has happened with me and Lando. So why is he being like this?
"I believe you. But, just. Why is it always him?" He asks as he takes his tie off of his neck, throwing it onto the floor.
"What do you mean?" I ask him.
"Anytime we are all together. As a group. Something heated happens between you and Lando. Like when you told me that he was basically confessing his feelings for you on the yacht and you told me that you shut him down." Charles exclaims, his eyes now filled with anger, or disappointment. I couldn't tell.
"And that was true. I did shut him down." I explain, looking into his eyes warmly as I place my hands on his. Trying to put him at ease.
"Then why does it still feel like there's something going on? I understand these drivers are going to like you. Look at you. But why does it feel like you feel something for him too? I mean, he looks at you like he's obsessed with you. Then, you come with him to the charity event. You know how the media would react to that. And then, I have to deal with George talking about you two like your together or something." Charles says, as he moves his hands away from me.
"Tell me, Charles. Who would you rather me go with to this thing tonight? You? I can't go with you, remember. God, we can't even go out in public together. Like normal people. What do you want me to do?" I shout in frustration, I could feel my eyes wanted to tear up but I held them back as hard as I could.
Charles looked at me with a sad face, "Ella, you and I both know that there's nothing I'd rather do than be able to show you off to the whole world. I don't want to be like this either. But it's all we can do." He confesses.
"Well then, you need to just trust me. If I'm saying there's nothing between me and him, then it's true. He may like me, but I don't like him. That should be enough for you to understand. Me and Lando talked things out and he gets it, he knows his place. We are friends. That's it." I exclaim, a tear now escaping from my eyes but I quickly rub it away.
Charles eyes soften, he edges closer to me. "Okay. Well, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you. Just this media stuff was playing on my mind ever since I got back." He says softly, placing a hand on my face.
"I understand why you've acted the way you have. But, just please can we not argue about him? I'm with you. Only you." I say and Charles nods and leans in for a hug.
I hold him tightly and I could feel my heart rate start to relax, I felt at ease.
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author's note: - AHHH drama - so is everyone team lando or charles or conflicted?! - also QUALIFYING IN AN HOUR!! i'm scared
